Company Analysis

The Brink's Company (BCO)

NYSE: BCO · Arrangement of Transportation of Freight & Cargo · Richmond, VA · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade6.8
◀ Past 6.6● Present 7.4▶ Future 6.1

The grade of The Brink's Company

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.8/10
◀ Past6.625% of the headline
● Present7.445% of the headline
▶ Future6.130% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.6/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
5.9/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2020-03-06.

weight 45% of this tense · 59th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

The Brink's Company's filings since 2017 show 3 warning events: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 3 times, the latest 2020-03-06) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
8.1/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+6.4% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 81st percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

The Brink's Company's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $3.0 billion in fiscal 2016 to $5.3 billion in fiscal 2025, up 6.4% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span6.4%top 32% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 6% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 32% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.9/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 3.8% a year. 40% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 1 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 59th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, The Brink's Company's diluted share count shrank about 3.8% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 40% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 1 sale (1 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-03 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 15% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

7.4/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 49%: 49¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 94%: owes 94¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 67th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, The Brink's Company earned about 49 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 19 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 94 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 5.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 15% of its family
  • return on equitytop 3% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 41% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 3% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
8.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 15% of 17 in its family; net margin 3.8%.

weight 45% of this tense · 85th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

The Brink's Company's standing among 17 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $5.3 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 17% by size; a net margin of 3.8% ranks in the top 9%; revenue growth of 5.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 21% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$5.26Btop 17% of its family
  • net margin3.8%top 9% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth5.1%top 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
6.2/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 38% of 7 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2022.

weight 22% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

The Brink's Company's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Eubanks, Richard M. (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2022-06-01, 4.5 years (top 21% of its family); the 19 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.5 years (bottom 36%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 19 people in charge now (top 28%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge7 in three years among 19 peopletop 28% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed4.5 yearsbottom 36% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record4.5 yearstop 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 47% of 17 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 17 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

The Brink's Company's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $1.7 billion against debt of $3.8 billion leaves -28.4% of its assets as net cash, bottom 9% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 8.3% of revenue (top 9%); a gross margin of 25.8% (top 41%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-28.4%bottom 9% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue8.3%top 9% of its family
  • gross margin25.8%top 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 32% of 17 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 68th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

The Brink's Company's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 5.1% a year over the last three filed years against 6.4% over all 10, slowing (top 44% of its family); the newest year grew 5% (top 26%); capital spending grew 3.6% a year (top 26%) (its annual reports). The Brink's Company reported 4 lines of business in fiscal 2025: North America at $1.7 billion, Europe at $1.4 billion, Latin America at $1.3 billion, and 1 more. 3 of 4 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 33% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-1.3 points a yeartop 44% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth5.0%top 26% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending3.6%top 26% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.3/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 37% of 15 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

The Brink's Company's newest year against its own record: revenue of $5.3 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 0.1% below the $5.3 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 23% of its family); net income of $200 million against a prior three-year average of $140 million (top 17%); a net margin of 3.8% against 2.9% before (top 17%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-0.1%bottom 23% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+42%top 17% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+0.9 pointstop 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton BCO · research, not advice